Saturday, June 6, 2015

Movie review - Tomorrowland (PG) - review by Daniel Kilgallon

Tomorrowland (PG)

Run Time: 130 min

Tomorrowland is a new science-fiction/mystery
movie directed by Brad Bird and starring George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt
Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Thomas Robinson and country star Tim McGraw. The
movie is heavily inspired and titled after the futuristic theme land at Disney
theme parks. I enjoy a lot of Bird’s animated work, such as The Incredibles and
Ratatouille, and his debut live-action film, Mission Impossible:
Ghost Protocol, is one of my absolute favorite action movies. For those
reasons, I was excited to see what he would do with this project. Furthermore,
I enjoy a lot of George Clooney’s movies, such as, Batman and Robin (just
kidding), Ocean’s Eleven and Gravity. Having said that, the duo
of Bird and Clooney, coupled with some mysterious trailers, made me really
interested to see this movie.

As I mentioned before, Tomorowland is heavily
inspired by the same-named Disney theme land. That futuristic world is present
in this movie, and a handful of lucky people who come across a special pin with
a “T” logo on it can get there by simply touching the pin. A middle-aged man
named Frank Walker (George Clooney), actually discovered one of those pins
himself, visiting Tomorrowland as a curious and adventurous young boy genius.
Unfortunately, he developed into a bit of a grouch ever since. Now, an
ambitious teenage girl named Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) is trying to get
his help and return to Tomorrowland to discover what it can offer for the
future.

Overall, I had a pretty good time with Tomorrowland.
Unlike the extremely violent Mad Max: Fury Road, the PG rating of this
movie made this a much better family movieexperience. That being considered, this movie still took a little too
long to get going, and was a bit boring in parts. However, Brad Bird’s distinct
style of directing made for a visually impressive movie experience that was
lots of fun to watch. The acting also made up for some of the slower parts, as
George Clooney was great as usual and all of the young actors and actresses
around him were actually quite impressive. I would also add that Hugh Laurie
(aka House) was very good in his role. All in all, Tomorrowland was a
little bit disappointing for me, but it is certainly still a decent summer movie
that is solid entertainment for people of all different ages.